Southern Miss eliminates Tech from NCAAs

By The Associated Press

Posted 12:00AM on Tuesday 2nd June 2009 ( 15 years ago )

ATLANTA -- B.A. Vollmuth hit two second-inning homers off Georgia Tech ace Deck McGuire to power Southern Mississippi past the Yellow Jackets 12-8 on Monday night and send the Eagles to their first NCAA super regional.

Southern Miss (38-24) will play Florida in the best-of-three super regional in Gainesville, Fla.

Vollmuth, who drove in five runs in the second inning, hit a two-run homer high off the scoreboard in left field to open the scoring. His three-run homer capped the nine-run inning, the most runs McGuire (11-2) has allowed in a game in his career. Only four of the runs were earned.

Todd McInnis (9-4) gave up two runs in 4 1-3 innings in relief of Southern Miss starter Scott Copeland. Collin Cargill recorded five outs for his 11th save.

Players of Georgia Tech look on after being defeated by Southern Mississippi in the NCAA Atlanta Regional championship baseball game at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta on Monday. Southern Mississippi won 12-8 and advances to face Florida in the Supe

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